HEAT!

There`s a number of things Egypt is currently short of:

      - petrol / diesel

- water in general

- bottled water (see my last posts)

- electricity

Since I don`t have a car I am personally only concerned with the water and power issues.

It`s a common occurrence that the power suddenly wavers or goes out altogether a couple of times a day. All you can do is hope to be quick enough to hit the “save” button bevore the computer is off. But right now I`m sitting in the office and the AC broke down hours ago (probably due to said ups and downs in power which are hard on any type of machines and gadgets connected to it).

The window is open so we have some movement of the air and not only the sun shining through but it`s still HOT, SERIOUSLY HOT!

BBC weather says:

temperature: 38°C

wind: 40km/h 25mph Northerly

Humidity: 41%

Observed at 16:00, Thursday 26 JulyObservation station: HURGHADA INTERNATIONAL

I am melting!

Sweaty greetings,

Anne